Eurovision – Open Letter Amy Schumer, Mila Kunis, Jerry O’Connell, Erin Foster,  Matthew Weiner, Anthony Edwards, and Matisyahu join Liev Schreiber, Helen Mirren, Gene Simmons, Scooter Braun, Boy George, Mayim Bialik, Sharon ...

big list of genocide apologists to boycott.

Remarkable.

Mark Rufalo warns Congress against the Paramount-WBD merger:

"You don't have to watch 'Citizen Kane' or read '1984' to understand that the concentrated oligarchic control this merger represents is a threat to a free press, an informed populace & democracy itself."

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Eric Swalwell’s best friend (and Graham Platner endorser) has thoughts.

Glad to see it.

i am once again homeless and dependent (as far as a place to sleep) on a man

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of mass civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz").

AI Slop Is Making the Internet Fake-Happy A new study examines the impact of the rise of AI-generated websites on the internet—and found some surprising results.

We have lots of anecdotal evidence about what AI does to the internet. Now we're seeing a new wave of research, including a new paper from Stanford and the Internet Archive that puts the number of AI websites at around 35%—and draws some surprising conclusions: www.wired.com/story/ai-slo...

"On their walk home [from school], Pérez's [8-year-old] daughter leaned over her [6-year-old] brother and chided him for speaking Spanish in public. ... [H]er teacher had warned her that federal agents might be listening."

rightwingers minds are amazing

the VP being a fucking groyper nazi should probably be a bigger story

Exactly one year ago today:

“The success of the negotiation was directly attributable to the solidarity our members showed, their resolve in holding Ubisoft to account, the collecting and sharing of information, and remaining steadfast in advocating for their rights as unionized workers,” -CWA Canada President Carmel Smyth.

The Moon Odyssey: an animated comedy-adventure a webseries about an estranged family of pilots searching through deep space for their missing family member

www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

A New Kickstarter has dropped for a wonderful project.

Support Black Indie Animation. The Moon Odyssey. A Family journey's through space to find their mother.

#indieanimation #ocs #ocsky

Damon Lindelof Reveals Why He Signed Anti-Paramount-WBD Merger Letter "Hollywood, believe it or not, is a blue-collar town," Damon Lindelof said Monday on why he signed an anti-Paramount-WBD merger letter.

“Hollywood, believe it or not, is a blue-collar town...“It’s thousands and thousands of Grips and Gaffers. Drivers and Decorators. Builders and Boom operators. Camera teams and Caterers... And they’re all about to get f*cked”

Damon Lindelof Reveals Reason He Signed Anti-Paramount-WBD Merger Missive

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores.

The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

Rock & Rule Behind the Scenes Studio Secrets: Rockumentary and book into making of the animated cult classic Rock & Rule with Debbie Harry, Lou Reed and more.

If you have spent any part of your life obsessed with the Nelvana animated film Rock N Rule, you'll be as thrilled as I am about this Kickstarter. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ven...

More good news!

EXCLUSIVE POLL: Michigan’s Dem Senate Race Is Wide Open, AIPAC Is Toxic, Hasan Piker Is Not The Michigan Senate primary is effectively a tie, and Democratic voters are more worried about AIPAC’s influence than Hasan Piker. Plus, a fifth accuser waves Eric Swalwell out of Congress.

NEW poll out of Michigan.

Favorability among voters below the age of 45 —
Sanders: +86
AOC: +58
El-Sayed: +41
Slotkin: +21
Piker: +16
Stevens: +4
McMorrow: +2
AIPAC: -43

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Signal Settings > Notifications > Show “No Name or Content”

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This is, btw, why Meta has been secretly sponsoring/white papering all these internet age verification laws.

If advertisers realize half the people viewing the ads they spend top dollar on are fake, it could lead to some nasty law suits or a major reduction in profit for Meta.

would like to have a wee little word with all the people who said everyone was overreacting to the california OS age signal legislation

She was granted withholding of removal from India *decades* ago, and had been living and working legally (including for the U.S. government!) ever since.

But with third country removals now a real option, TSA shared her data with ICE and they arrested her at the airport on her way to a job.

Democrats seek to bar presidents from collecting settlement money from the government Lawmakers drafted the bill after President Donald Trump sued the IRS and the Treasury Department for $10 billion over a leak of his tax records to news outlets.

Democratic lawmakers will introduce a bill Wednesday to ban the president, vice president and their families from collecting lawsuit settlement payments from the government. The bill comes after Trump sued the IRS and the Treasury Department for $10 billion. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right As governor, Mike Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, amid a conservative Christian push against LGBTQ rights. A judge’s ruling is inspiring hopes other states’ abortion restrictions c...

Mike Pence got totally owned here: Jewish plaintiffs won a ruling against Indiana's abortion ban, using the law he signed 11 years ago as governor to help evangelicals refuse to cater gay weddings and such. Now similar challenges could win in other red states. We tell the story at @forward.com.

graphic that says in bold lettering "remember: no lilies for kitties. even ingesting a tiny amount of pollen can cause fatal kidney failure. don't risk it." the background is a wallpaper of lily drawings and there is a photo of a perfect, fluffy white cat in the bottom right corner.

This weekend and always, NO LILIES FOR KITTIES. www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

I think a 20 minute session of doing an expressionist painting of Bert was the break down I needed to have today.